Centre for the New Europe

The Centre for the New Europe (CNE) is a think tank based in Brussels, Belgium. Its hosts events for policymakers, parliamentarians and journalists, and publishes reports and books on a range of free market topics.

The funding of the CNE is not transparent. It failed to answer a think tank survey by the Corporate Europe Observatory in 2005. However, the annual reports of Exxon Mobil reveal that CNE in 2003 and 2004 received $40,000 and $80,000 respectively for its "Global Climate Change Education Efforts".

"We find that support for liberal ideas--free trade, social tolerance, economic liberty--extends far beyond Europe's Liberal parties. Therefore, we back no party or programme. We find that liberalism has friends and enemies in every party. We hope to unite its friends and persuade its enemies." [1]